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Davidson Realty sells commercial and residential sites in World Golf Village - St. Augustine, Florida and has recently expanded to sell residential real estate in all of Northern St. Johns County, as well as focus on the many foreclosure, distressed and short sale properties in this changing market.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:43:34 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4Congrats to our Top Realtors for February 2018!http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/03/16/congrats-to-our-top-realtors-for-february-2018/
http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/03/16/congrats-to-our-top-realtors-for-february-2018/#respondFri, 16 Mar 2018 17:37:36 +0000http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/?p=7731I would like to congratulate our Top Producers for February 2018.

For the World Golf Village office Mirtha Barzaga was Top Producer (closings), Top Sales and Top Lister. She has started 2018 like a rock star with over $3 Million in sales for the month!
Our top producing team was Jeanie Oehrle and Ann Kuss with over $1.1 Million in closings.
Our top sales team was Shelley and Tim Nemethy.

We are so happy to welcome Tim to our family.

At the Jacksonville Beach office, Candy Gil was top producer.Matt Roberts was Top Sales for the beach. Candy and Matt continue to shine at our beach office. Come and meet them at our next networking event.

]]>http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/03/16/congrats-to-our-top-realtors-for-february-2018/feed/0Jacksonville Real Estate Trends in January – Prices Increase and Inventory of Available Homes Decreaseshttp://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/03/02/jacksonville-real-estate-trends-in-january-prices-increase-and-inventory-of-available-homes-decreases/
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:56:14 +0000http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/?p=7718“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” John Wooden
The Northeast Florida Association of Realtors market stats for January shows the same trends we have seen for the last few years. There were 2,105 pending sales in January up 1% over last January. We have averaged 2,426 sales per month over the last 12 months.
We had 1,526 closed transactions in January which is an 11.5% decrease from last January. One month of activity doesn’t worry me because we were up around 10% for October, November and December.
The median sales price of $204,060 is up 17% from last January but is lower than November and December median price following the similar trend we see every year. The average sales price is the same story. The $244,795 average sales price is up 12.5% over last January but down from the last few months.
The inventory of homes for sale is down 17.5% to 7,397 and the months supply of inventory of 3.0 months is down 23%. A 5 to 6- month supply is a balanced market so we are still in a market favoring the sellers.
We are still seeing prices increase, inventory of homes available for sale decrease and plenty of buyer interest. The buyer interest may be due in part to the continued population growth in Florida.
“Out of the 50 U. S. States, eight had populations that grew by more than 1.6 percent in 2016. Many of the fastest-growing states tend to have affordable, midsize cities with quality school systems, and low unemployment.” Florida ranked 4th with 1-year population growth rate of 1.82% behind 1- Utah, 2- Nevada and 3- Idaho from “The Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) States” 24/7 Wall Street.
Many buyers can buy homes without large down payments now. There are several loan programs that provide 100% financing including a new program from Bank of England. The buyers can negotiate seller concessions to cover most of their closing costs and get in a home if they have income and good credit scores. Some buyers get gifts from their parents to come up with down payment funds. If you know someone that might be interested in buying through one of these programs, give me a call and I will connect you with a great lender.
I am looking forward to March Madness, hence the great John Wooden quote and baseball spring training. I hope you enjoy the great weather of Northeast Florida. We truly live in paradise.
]]>DAVIDSON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT’S DAVE BRANHAMhttp://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/02/19/davidson-property-managements-dave-branham/
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:20:15 +0000http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/?p=7710Dave Branham joined Davidson Property Management as a property manager in January of 2014. He is mild-mannered, conscientious and a by-the-book sort of guy. He definitely knows how to play the game and run the court and no double-dribbling is involved! Here are a few tidbits to give you a little insight into one of Davidson’s MVPs!
• Dave was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, which is a city about 18 miles to the west of Detroit and home to Gabriel’s Cheese Steak Hoagies. Dave moved to Kentucky when he was seven years old.

• Nicknames? Dave was known as “Dave the Rave” on the basketball court. He earned this nickname while attending a basketball camp at the University of Tennessee his sophomore year of high school.
• Favorite sport? Basketball of course, with the University of Kentucky Wildcats being his favorite team. Dave played forward for his high school basketball team and was number 25. He also played football and ran track. The 220 yard dash and hurdles were his main events…no pole vaulting though!
• Hobbies? Besides sports, Dave loves cars. His favorite car is his 1984 Monte Carlo SS. It is 33 years old and all original, except for its exhaust system. He also has a 2009 Pontiac GT, which is the last muscle car made by Pontiac.
• What did he want to be when he grew up? Dave wanted to be a professional basketball player, and was certainly on the road to obtaining his goal. He had several pending scholarships, one being to Marshall University, when he tragically tore out his knee in the district tournaments.
• Professional career…Dave worked for CSX as a dispatcher, which is what eventually brought him to Jacksonville. He had “railroad in his blood” as his father, brother and uncles were engineers. CSX is also how he met his wife, Patricia who also worked for CSX, but is now retired. They have been married for 36 years. They moved to Ponte Vedra in 1994 from Kentucky.
• What does Dave do when he isn’t hard at work? He enjoys spending time with his family. He has two daughters and one step-daughter and an eight year old grandson.

Dave is a valued part of the Davidson Property Management team and is definitely a member of our starting line-up!

]]>Congrats to our Top Realtors for January 2018!http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/02/09/congrats-to-our-top-realtors-for-january-2018/
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:37:21 +0000http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/?p=7696I would like to congratulate our Top Producers for the month of January. Our Top Producer is Mirtha Barzaga with over $1.5M in closings for the month.

Our Top Sales and Top Listing agent is Suzy Evans with over $2M in sales for the month.

Our Jacksonville Beach office Top Producer is Jennifer Todd with $700,000 in closings.

]]>DAVIDSON REALTY’S JUDY HAGEN-KASHOU: A WOMAN ON THE RUN…IN A GOOD WAY!http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/2018/02/02/davidson-realtys-judy-hagen-kashou-a-woman-on-the-runin-a-good-way/
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:31:40 +0000http://www.davidsonrealtyblog.com/?p=7685Have you heard of runner’s high? It is a euphoria, which kicks in right after you cross the threshold of pain and suddenly, and unexpectedly…just when you think you are going to drop from lack of oxygen, you feel on top of the world. Judy Hagen-Kashou is no stranger to this high. She is an amazing example of fortitude at the age of 70.

Judy started with Davidson Realty in July of 2007 as a real estate agent. She retired and has since come back to help us out with the administrative side of things part-time. Here are some interesting facts about Judy that will make you want to lace up your running shoes and hit the pavement!

1. How old was she when she started running and how did she get started? Judy was 62 years old and was visiting her brother and sister-in-law in Milwaukee after her husband, George, passed away. She heard about the 2nd annual Donna Deegan marathon, which is held the 2nd weekend in February every year. She told them she was going to run in it, and she recalls, “they thought I was crazy!” That was her first race in February of 2011.

2. Her favorite place to run? Downtown St. Augustine over the Bridge of Lions in the morning.

3. What she loves about running? She “loves the exercise and meeting a lot of neat people and the people cheering for you as you run.”

4. Her favorite race? The San Diego Half Marathon in March each year. She has done two of them. The last one had 8,000 people and she said, “the only state that was not represented was West Virginia.”

5. Most recent race? Judy celebrated her 70th birthday by participating in the Cocoa Beach Half Marathon, which was her 20th race! She placed third in her age group!

6. Her advice to those who wish to start running? Join a running group. Start out walking and build up to running. Judy runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday anywhere from 4 – 14 miles!One last little tidbit about Judy…on the sly…you might ask her next time you see her about Nancy Sinatra’s song “These Boots are Made for Walking”…or dancing???

We love Judy and we are very proud of her accomplishments and the fact that she is part of the Davidson Realty Team!